Declutter | Episode 30 | Everything is Everything

Are we slaves to the things that own us? To find ourselves, do we need to lose the mess around us? Do we need to declutter?

Welcome to Episode 30 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this conversation, Amit and Ajay share their philosophies towards decluttering -- and towards things. What should we buy? What should we give away? Do we need... stuff? Can Bengalis run?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

00:00 Packaging
00:13 Introduction: Just the Tree of Us
02:09 Chapter 1: Declutter the Mind
12:01 Chapter 2: Embrace Messiness
22:52 Chapter 3: Ajay’s Philosophy Towards Things
49:27 Chapter 4: Ajay's Recco
50:54 Chapter 5: Amit's Recco

USEFUL RESOURCES:
1. Amit on Twitter:   / amitvarma  
2. Ajay on Twitter:   / ajay_shah  
3. The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit's audio podcast: https://seenunseen.in/
(Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSeenAndTh...)
4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube:    / @xkdr  
5. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: https://amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3
6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/
7. The Minimalists: https://www.theminimalists.com/
8. The Minimalism Game: https://www.theminimalists.com/game/
9. Tsundoku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku
10. Great Books of the Western World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_B...
11. Messy -- Tim Harford: https://amzn.eu/d/910qwDQ
12. The Köln Concert -- Keith Jarrett:    • Видео  
13. Magic Fruit: A Poetic Trip -- Vaishnav Vyas:   / magicfruitapoetictrip  
14. Ranjit Hoskote is Dancing in Chains -- Episode 363 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 363: Ranjit Hoskote is Dancing in Chains  
15. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life -- Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 265: Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of ...  
16. Aadha Gaon -- Rahi Masoom Raza: https://amzn.eu/d/2GKVufk
17. From Cairo to Delhi With Max Rodenbeck -- Episode 281 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 281: From Cairo to Delhi With Max Roden...  
18. The Rooted Cosmopolitanism of Sugata Srinivasaraju -- Episode 277 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 277: The Rooted Cosmopolitanism of Suga...  
19. Varun Grover Is in the House -- Episode 292 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 292: Varun Grover Is in the House  
20. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) -- Marvin Gaye:    • Marvin Gaye - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That'...  
21. AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/
22. Biophilia -- Edward O Wilson: https://amzn.eu/d/dOQHNwO
23. The Blind Watchmaker -- Richard Dawkins: https://amzn.eu/d/4XLEEPQ
24. Every Grain of Sand -- Bob Dylan:    • Bob Dylan - Every Grain of Sand (Official ...  
25. Sturgeon's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeo...
26. How Many Friends Does One Person Need? -- Robin Dunbar: https://amzn.eu/d/7M9fOUP
27. Time -- Pink Floyd:    • Pink Floyd – Time (Official Audio)  
28. The Question That Steve Jobs Used to Ask Jony Ive Every Day: https://www.inc.com/business-insider/...
29. To Have or To Be? -- Erich Fromm: https://amzn.eu/d/f92XUl6
30. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories -- Ken Liu: https://amzn.eu/d/4KQK0tF

Produced by Amit Varma
Shot by Vaishnav Vyas and Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / vaishnav.vyas  
Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya  
Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound:   / gaurav_chintamani  
Chapter images & additional illustrations by Simahina:   / i_am_simahina